He would pray in his cell or in the Jordan valley - trying to follow in the steps of St. Mary of Egypt - enduring all sorts of temptations, torments, and struggles against demons, for the sake of Christ.

Having renounced the vanity of the earthly world, Thou didst take up the cross of a homeless life of wandering; Thou didst not fear grief, privation, nor the mockery of men, And didst know the love of Christ.

On February 3, 2016, the fifth plenary session of the Holy Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church, held at Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, the proposal to canonize Archbishop Seraphim (Sobolev) was deliberated upon.